| 1120 |
English royal yacht "White Ship" leaves in storm
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| 1165 |
RC German emperor Frederik I Barbarossa visits Utrecht
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| 1185 |
Umberto Crivelli replaces Lucius III as Pope Urban III
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| 1277 |
Giovanni Gaetano Orsini elected as Pope Nicolas III
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| 1357 |
Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace
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| 1500 |
Governor De Bobadilla of Santo Domingo captures Columbus
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| 1659 |
Michiel de Ruyter conquerors Danish city Nyborg
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| 1688 |
Princess Anne flies from London to Nottingham
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| 1715 |
1st English patent granted to an American, for processing corn
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| 1744 |
Austrian forces pillage & kill Jews of Prague
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| 1758 |
Britain capture Ft Duquesne (Pittsburgh) from French
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| 1766 |
Pope Clement XIII warns On dangers of anti-Christian writings
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| 1783 |
Britain evacuates NYC, their last military position in US
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| 1792 |
Farmer's Almanac 1st published
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| 1805 |
Opera "Tha‹s" 1st American performance
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| 1817 |
1st sword swallower in US performs (NYC)
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| 1834 |
Delmonico's, one of NY's finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak, coffee & half a pie for 12›
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| 1841 |
35 Amistad survivors return to Africa
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| 1847 |
Opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna)
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| 1863 |
Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
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| 1864 |
Confederate plot to burn NYC, fails
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| 1864 |
Confederate retreat at Sandersville, Georgia
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| 1867 |
Alfred Nobel patents dynamite
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| 1867 |
US Congress commission looks into "impeachment" of Pres Andrew Johnson
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| 1884 |
John B Meyenberg of St Louis patents evaporated milk
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| 1894 |
Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis
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| 1897 |
Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy
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| 1899 |
Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers
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| 1902 |
Franz Leh rs opera "Wiener Fraueen," premieres in Vienna
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| 1908 |
Dorando Pietri (It) beats Johnny Hayes (US) in MSG marathon by 60 yds
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| 1911 |
3rd CFL Grey Cup: U of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 14-7
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| 1912 |
American College of Surgeons incorporates in Springield, Ill
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| 1912 |
Socialist International rejects that world war is coming
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| 1913 |
Woodrow Wilson's daughter Jessie marries in White House
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| 1920 |
1st Thanksgiving Parade (Phila)
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| 1920 |
WTAW of College Station, Tx, broadcast 1st football play-by-play
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| 1922 |
Archaeologist Howard Carter enters King Tut's tomb
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| 1922 |
Japanese crown prince Hirohito appointed prince-regent
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| 1925 |
KPD proposes German Parliament expropriate possession of monarchy
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| 1929 |
Belgium govt Jaspar falls
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| 1930 |
690 earthquake shocks recorded in 1 day (Ito Japan)
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| 1930 |
Sporting News picks Bill Terry as NL MVP & Joe Cronin as AL MVP
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| 1933 |
1st Soviet liquid fuel rocket attains altitude of 261' (80m)
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| 1935 |
Resident Institution for Social History (IISG) forms in Amsterdam
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| 1936 |
Germany & Japan sign anti-Komintern pact
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| 1937 |
World's fair of Paris closes (31.2 million visitors)
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| 1940 |
Patria, carrying illegal immigrants, sinks in port of Haifa, 200 die
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| 1940 |
U of Mich retires Tom Harmon's #98
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| 1940 |
Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantz's "Knock Knock"
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| 1941 |
German Jews in Netherlands declared stateless (lose of nationality)
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| 1941 |
Lou Boudreau, 24, becomes Cleveland Indians player/manager
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| 1942 |
National Organization for Aid to Underground, LO, forms
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| 1943 |
U-600 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
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| 1944 |
32nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal HMCS defeat Hamilton Flying Wildcats, 7-6
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| 1947 |
Future Queen Elizabeth marries Prince Philip in Westminster Abbey
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| 1947 |
New Zealand acedes to Statute of Westminster, becomes a dominion
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| 1948 |
Ft Funston's 16-inch coastal guns removed
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| 1948 |
KING TV channel 5 in Seattle, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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| 1949 |
"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on music charts
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| 1949 |
Ted Williams, wins AL MVP
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| 1950 |
"Tickets, Please" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 245 performances
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| 1950 |
38th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 13-0
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| 1950 |
UN gives Eritrea to Ethiopia
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| 1951 |
17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Ala
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| 1951 |
Cleve Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears
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| 1951 |
Commemoration of Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft forbidden
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| 1952 |
Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap," premieres in London
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| 1952 |
George Meany appointed as chairman of AFL
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| 1952 |
Only win ever for NFL's Dallas Texans (11-1) beats Bears 27-23
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| 1953 |
"Guys & Dolls" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1200 performances
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| 1953 |
Earthquake/tsnunami strike Honshu Japan
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| 1953 |
Hungary beats England in soccer match, 6-3
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| 1955 |
Race segregation forbidden on trains & buses between US states
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| 1955 |
Walter Piston's 6th Symphony, premieres
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| 1957 |
Pres Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech
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| 1958 |
Senegal becomes an autonomous state in French Community
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| 1959 |
"Once Upon a Mattress" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 460 performances
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| 1960 |
"Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio
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| 1960 |
1st atomic reactor for research & development, Richland Wa
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| 1960 |
CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr Malone & 2nd Mrs Burton) & cancels 4 other series
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| 1961 |
NBA's Bob Cousy becomes 2nd player to score 15,000 points
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| 1962 |
WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, NY (ABC) 1st broadcast
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| 1963 |
JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery
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| 1965 |
Congo milt coup under Gen Mobutu, Pres Kasavubu overthrown
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| 1966 |
Cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year
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| 1966 |
Jimi Hendrix Experience makes its London debut at Bag O' Nails Club
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| 1966 |
Pirate Radio Station 390 (Radio Invicta) closes down (reopen 12/31)
|
| 1967 |
"Apple Tree" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 463 performances
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| 1967 |
Puerto Rico placed on Atlantic Standard Time
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| 1969 |
John Lennon returns OBE to protest UK's support for Vietnam War
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| 1969 |
KC outfielder Lou Piniella is voted AL Rookie of Year
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| 1970 |
Yankees catcher Thurman Munson wins AL Rookie of Year
|
| 1971 |
"Dan Cooper" jumps with $200,000 out of plane over Washington
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| 1971 |
37th Heisman Trophy Award: Pat Sullivan, Auburn (QB)
|
| 1972 |
"Ambassador" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 9 performances
|
| 1973 |
3 Palestinians hijack KLM B747 above Iraq, to Dubai
|
| 1973 |
61st CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 22-18
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| 1973 |
Bloodless military coup ousts Greek Pres George Papadopoulos
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| 1973 |
Maximum speed limit cut to 55 MPH as an energy conservation measure
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| 1974 |
Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21
|
| 1974 |
Rangers' Mike Hargrove wins AL Rookie of Year
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| 1975 |
Netherlands grants Suriname independence (Natl Day)
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| 1975 |
Portuguese leftist officers occupy 4 airbases
|
| 1976 |
OJ Simpson gains 273 yards for Buffalo vs Detroit
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| 1976 |
The Band's farewell concert at SF's Winterland Ballroom
|
| 1976 |
Viking 1 radio signal from Mars help prove genl theory of relativity
|
| 1977 |
David Steed balanced stationary on a bike for 9 hrs 15 mins
|
| 1977 |
Miss Teenage America Pageant
|
| 1977 |
Thomas Hearns KOs Jerome Hill in 2 rounds in his 1st pro fight
|
| 1979 |
"Most Happy Fella" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 53 perfs
|
| 1979 |
67th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 17-9
|
| 1979 |
American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, kills 275
|
| 1979 |
Israel returns Alma oilfields in Gulf of Suez to Egypt
|
| 1979 |
Pittsburgh gains 606 net yards against Cleveland, winning 33-30
|
| 1980 |
Coup in Burkina abolishes constitution
|
| 1980 |
France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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| 1980 |
Imran Khan scores his 1st Test Cricket ton, 123 v WI Lahore
|
| 1980 |
Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Duran regains WBC welterweight championship
|
| 1980 |
Upper-Volta milt coup under Col Saye Zerbo, president Lamizana flees
|
| 1981 |
Failed coup by South African mercenaries in Seychelles
|
| 1981 |
Rollie Fingers is 1st relief pitcher to win AL MVP
|
| 1983 |
Larry Holmes TKOs Marvis Frazier in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
|
| 1983 |
Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off
|
| 1983 |
Syria & Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli
|
| 1983 |
World's greatest robbery-œ25,000,000 of gold, Heathrow, England
|
| 1984 |
Julio M Sanguinetti wins Uruguay presidential election
|
| 1984 |
William Schroeder, is 2nd to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart
|
| 1985 |
White Sox shortstop Ozzie Guillen, is named AL Rookie of Year
|
| 1986 |
A's Jose Canseco wins AL Rookie of Year
|
| 1986 |
Iran-Contra affair erupts, Pres Reagan reveals secret arm deal
|
| 1986 |
Oliver North's sect, Fawn Hill, smuggles documents out of his office
|
| 1987 |
Abdul Qadir takes 9-56 against England at Lahore
|
| 1987 |
India all out for 75 v West Indies at Delhi, Patterson 5-24
|
| 1988 |
Chuck Berry pays $250 fine to resolve NYC assault charges
|
| 1988 |
Convention on exploitation of Antarctic mineral resources signed
|
| 1988 |
US & Soviet chess grand masters Donaldson & Akhmilovskaya wed
|
| 1988 |
Widespread earthquake hits NE US, Canada; no damage reported
|
| 1989 |
David Boon scores 200 v NZ at cricket WACA
|
| 1990 |
78th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Edmonton Eskimos, 50-11
|
| 1990 |
Lech Walesa wins in Poland's 1st popular election
|
| 1990 |
NFL's NY Giants & SF 49ers after winning their 1st 10 games both
|
| 1990 |
Sri Lanka all out 82, Venkatapathy Raju (I) 6-12 off 17 lose, Phil Eagles beat Giants 31-13 & L.A. Rams beat 49ers 28-17
|
| 1993 |
Dutch Antilles govt of Liberia-Peters falls
|
| 1993 |
Failed bomb attack on Egyptian premier Atef Sedki, 1 dead
|
| 1995 |
"Patti LuPone on Broadway" closes at Walter Kerr NYC after 46 perfs
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| 1996 |
After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends
|
| 1997 |
US telephone tech Richard Bliss, arrested for spying in Russia
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